The aim of this article is to discuss the social justice implications for educational psychologists working with orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) who comprise 3.7 million of the population in South Africa. The author begins with a global conceptualisation of social justice and then discusses the nature of social justice in South Africa. This is followed by an exploration of social justice within the discipline of educational psychology and how it would apply to the contexts of OVC, especially taking their psychosocial and educational challenges into consideration. These challenges allude to the point that educational psychologists have to be active agents of social justice who advocate for better learning and development opportunities for OVC to succeed in life. Thus, the social justice implications for educational psychologists working with OVC are discussed. In concluding, the author points out the global value of this article noting that OVC and educational psychologists are prevalent across the globe.

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对南非孤儿和弱势儿童工作的教育心理学家的社会正义影响

本文的目的是讨论教育心理学家对占南非 370 万人口的孤儿和弱势儿童 (OVC) 的社会正义影响。作者首先对社会正义的全球概念进行了探讨，然后讨论了南非社会正义的性质。接下来是对教育心理学学科内的社会正义的探索，以及它如何适用于 OVC 的背景，特别是考虑到他们的社会心理和教育挑战。这些挑战暗示教育心理学家必须成为社会正义的积极推动者，他们倡导为 OVC 在生活中取得成功提供更好的学习和发展机会。因此，讨论了与 OVC 合作的教育心理学家的社会正义影响。最后，作者指出了本文的全球价值，指出 OVC 和教育心理学家在全球都很普遍。